In advance of its much-anticipated debut next month, Al Jazeera America has unveiled a senior management team made up of former ABC, CBS and CNN news executives. Kate O'Brian, who has spent 30 years at ABC News, most recently as a senior vice president of news-gathering operations, will be the first president of Al Jazeera America. Joining her at the start-up cable news channel are David Doss, most recently a senior executive producer for CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," and Marcy McGinness, a former top executive at CBS News who most recently worked in academia. PHOTOS: Cable versus broadcast ratings Doss was named senior vice president for news programming, and...

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